The Dear Hunter have launched an e-card for their upcoming debut, Act II: The Meaning Of & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading. The album is scheduled for release May 22 via East/West. The band will kick off a series of record release shows shortly after the release, including a special in-store performance at Best Buy in Worcester, MA on the release date.

You can check out the e-card for the album here.
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Members of defunct quintet the Kinison have resurfaced with a new project and a new sound. The new outfit, dubbed Ballenas, includes Sam Sundos from the Sundelles, Bryan Swarthout from 401 Waterman and Christopher Lewis and Guy (Bub) Knight from The Kinison. You can find three new songs on their Myspace page.

The band broke up in November of 2005, a year after releasing What Are You Listening To? through Travis Barker’s Atlantic imprint, La Salle.
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This Is Hell has posted an update after the completion of their recent tour with Comeback Kid. The band will take a break from touring to record a new song in June that will be featured on a Trustkill sampler this summer, as well as write more new songs. The band also announced that they’ll hit the road with Blacklisted and Killing the Dream beginning in the end of June. Dates for that tour will be posted soon.

The band continues to tour in support of their 2006 release Sundowning.
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Looks like Strung Out and No Use for a Name fans will not be seeing vinyl releases for both band’s upcoming albums. The label explained:

Alright…it seems that some of you are filling your diapers over the fact that we aren’t putting out vinyl for the new Mad Caddies, Strung Out and No Use for a Name. Here are my two favorite bits of constructive suggestions that came into ye ol’ digital complaint box, “the cunts arent gonna press this on vinyl either” and “guess I will just download it loosing money from me….”. Well…we don’t want your money to get any “looser” with gas prices rising and all so we thought we’d let you know that the reason we aren’t putting out these records on vinyl is because they are too LONG.

The more music you stuff onto a single LP, the worse it sounds so we decided we didn’t want to compromise the recording quality. Fear not because we actually have a couple of really cool secret vinyl projects coming up.

We apologize if you are bummed and as a peace offering we give to you the first Strung Out mp3 for the song Calling. I again apologize but this mp3 will not be on vinyl.

According to vinyl specialty store Vinyl Collective, the label is also not planning to license the album in any form.
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Today we’ve got four songs from recent A-F signing, Incommunicado. The band is gearing up for the release of their full length debut. The record is titled Losing Daylight and is due out June 05, 2007. The band draws comparisons to Fugazi, Refused, or Hot Water Music

The record will be available digitally and on CD directly from AF Records and the band. It will be available digitally everywhere else.

Besides three album tracks, we’ve got one exclusive B-side you won’t find anywhere else. You can check out all four songs on their Punknews.org Profile
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Underoath has posted the new video from their 2006 full length, Define the Great Line.

You can check it out here: “Ever So Inviting.”
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With their North American debut set to drop via Epitaph on July 10, 2007, UK-based Gallows have announced the details for their North American album release.

The US/Canadian release will be preceded by an expanded, remastered version of their debut in Europe as well. Like the European reissue, the new release will include the original record as well as some new material. The BBC sessions from the UK reissue will be omitted, but two new tracks “Sick of Feeling Sick” and “Black Heart Queen” and a cover of Black Flag’s “Nervous Breakdown” will appear on the reissue.

The record will also feature new artwork.

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System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian has been tapped to direct the first video from the upcoming record from Bad Brains. The record is titled Build a Nation and is due out June 26, 2007. Shavo adds:

I’ve been a fan of the Brains ever since I can remember. They are iconic pioneers of punk, not just the music but the attitude. The energy that comes off their stage is like no other. HR’s performances have effected not only my band, but almost every heavy band in our era. Another major inspiration is their message of trying to promote righteousness and living the righteous way. I am going to rock this video for the Brains and try to capture their intense energy. It’s a big responsibility… I’m honored.

The band has also begun announcing dates for their upcoming world tour. The first block of confirmed shows is now available.
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What was to be Kill Your Idols‘ final show this past Sunday night in Smithtown, NY, was shut down prior to the band’s set.

As Crime in Stereo prepared to play the second-to-last set of the night, several Suffolk County police cars began showing up to the Smithtown Lodge. The band stood by for approximately 10 minutes waiting for confirmation that they could begin their set, and then began to play “I, Stateside.” The song was then cut short at about the 1:11 mark, with the audible line of “these troubled states” ringing out from an a cappella crowd singing along.

The police as well as a Suffolk County fire marshall informed those in charge of the show that the venue was over its legal capacity, which was actually 49 due to the lodge’s lack of sprinklers and fire alarms according to the marshall.

Bands that did make it through their set included Splitting Headache and Capital, the latter of which sparked the crowd with back-to-back Burn and Dag Nasty covers, a wealth of material off 2006’s Signal Corps and a song off the forthcoming Revelation debut, Homefront, to boot.

According to a MySpace bulletin from On the Might of Princes, Kill Your Idols played later that night in the parking lot of a rehearsal space.

UPDATE: KYI bassist Paul Delaney wrote us with an update on what happened that night.
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What was to be Kill Your Idols‘ final show this past Sunday night in Smithtown, NY, was shut down prior to the band’s set.

As Crime in Stereo prepared to play the second-to-last set of the night, several Suffolk County police cars began showing up to the Smithtown Lodge, a Masonic temple that is often used for local hardcore/punk/indie rock shows. The band stood by for approximately 10 minutes waiting for confirmation that they could begin their set, and then began to play “I, Stateside.” The song was then cut short at about the 1:11 mark, with the audible line of “these troubled states” ringing out from an a cappella crowd singing along.

The police as well as a Suffolk County fire marshall informed those in charge of the show that the venue was over its legal capacity, which was actually 49 due to the lodge’s lack of sprinklers and fire alarms according to the marshall.

Bands that did make it through their set included Splitting Headache and Capital, the latter of which sparked the crowd with back-to-back Burn and Dag Nasty covers, a wealth of material off 2006’s Signal Corps and a song off the forthcoming Revelation debut, Homefront, to boot.

According to a MySpace bulletin from On the Might of Princes, Kill Your Idols played later that night in the parking lot of a rehearsal space. Punknews.org is currently attempting to obtain details on the set.
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Here's the top 15 for the past 7 Days.  Little late today as I was watching the little ones and didn't have time to get to the PC until now.  Enjoy!

1. Social Distortion – Ring Of Fire
2. Anti-Heros – Fuck Hollywood
3. Lagwagon – Heartbreaking Music
4. Dropkick Murphys – The Auld Triangle 
5. Love Equals Death – Pray For Me
6. Anti-Flag – Turncoat
7. Code 415 – Stand and Fight
8. Agent Orange – America
9. Swingin' Utters – Beached Sailor
10. Descendents – Cool To Be You
11. Agent Orange – Bloodstains
12. The Unseen – Scream Out
13. Strike Anywhere – Prisoner Echoes
14. Lagwagon – Automatic
15. Dillinger Four – I Was Born on a Pirate Ship!  

NOFX recently posted an update on their website in which they mention their plans on touring for the rest of 2007 including trips to Israel, South Africa, and more. The trips will be video taped for their promised documentary of their 2007 tour. The band also had this to say:

We have had a lot of questions from the UK so here are the answers. No we are not playing Reading and Leeds, we thought we were, but they seem to have given our spot to some other bands. (no-one in particular they just filled up the bill and ran out of space for us.) We are planning two trips across the Atlantic. August and September (Northern Europe Russia and Israel but no UK ) Then in November we will do a few UK shows (we hear the weather is much better then.) as well as Southern Europe and Southern Africa. Keep your eyes open for dates in a few weeks.

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We recently caught up with Thomas Barnett and Rob Huddleston of seminal melodic-hardcore group Inquisition. The video interview was quite lengthy, discussing a plethora of subjects, so we’ve broken it down into separate segments. In part one, the band discusses the sold-out reunion shows this upcoming weekend, playing together again for the first time in over a decade, and what those attending can expect from the performances.

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